Ranking the top 10 third basemen in MLB for 2025
Our eight-part series continues here with the top 10 third basemen entering the 2025 MLB season.4 DAYS AGO
JOSÉ RAMÍREZ
AL Central Preview: Four solid teams, and then the White Sox
The American League Central was a surprisingly strong division last season, with four teams finishing aboveMARCH 17 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Logs two hits Friday Ramirez batted second and went 2-for-4 with a run scored in Friday's spring game against the Mariners.
Impact Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said Friday he's leaning toward having Ramirez hit second. He's mostly batted third during his career, but Ramirez has batted second in six of 11 Cactus League starts. He's batting .389 (7-for-18) out of the second spot in the order this spring compared to .154 (2-for-13) when batting third.
MARCH 15 • ROTOWIRE
Might move up to two hole Guardians manager Stephen Vogt indicated Friday that he's leaning toward batting Ramirez second this season, Zack Meisel of The Athletic reports.
Impact Ramirez has spent the overwhelming majority of his career batting third, including in 2024 when 152 of his 158 starts were from the three hole. However, Vogt likes the idea of Ramirez hitting second, as it offers his best hitter more plate appearances and more RBI opportunities. It's not yet clear who will bat third for the Guardians if Ramirez is indeed in the No. 2 spot, but Kyle Manzardo, Carlos Santana and Lane Thomas have all see starts there of late in spring training.
MARCH 14 • ROTOWIRE
Who are three outliers that could add pop to Guardians' offense? Hey, Hoynsie What hitters besides Jose Ramirez, Steven Kwan, Lane Thomas and Carlos Santana will help the Guardians this year?
MARCH 8 • CLEVELAND.COM
Jose Ramirez player props for the 2025 Guardians season Cleveland's best player is back for another big year. Here are the best Jose Ramirez player props for the 2025 Guardians season.
MARCH 5 • CLEVELAND.COM
Red Sox HOFer drops big prediction on Jose Ramirez's MLB future Each year, the MLB Network's analytics and analyst input metrics come up with "The Shredder," where they rank all the top MLB players in eac...
JANUARY 16 • SPORTSKEEDA.COM
In Pictures: Jose Ramirez's wife Rosedith twins with Guardians star on a romantic outing On Monday, Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez's wife, Rosedith Almonte, took to Instagram to post a series of cute snaps.
DECEMBER 30, 2024 • SPORTSKEEDA.COM
In Pictures: Jose Ramirez's wife Rosedith twins with Guardians star and their 3 kids for Christmas festivities On Wednesday, Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez posted a series of adorable family snaps, celebrating Christmas with his wife a...
DECEMBER 26, 2024 • SPORTSKEEDA.COM
President Luis Abinader brings Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis Jr., Jose Ramirez, Marcell Ozuna and more together for a memorable night at National Palace President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader celebrated Christmas in the National Palace with a meeting with past and present MLB stars...
DECEMBER 22, 2024 • SPORTSKEEDA.COM
Yankee manager Aaron Boone tired of hearing Jose Ramirez 'underrated' talk: Guardians breakfast Yankee manager wants to get one thing straight about Guardians' All-Star third baseman.
OCTOBER 14, 2024 • CLEVELAND.COM
How to pitch to Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge and MLB's best: Smoltz's scouting report
In our latest weekly chat with MLB on FOX analyst John Smoltz, we asked the Hall of Fame pitcher how he'd go about attacking 11 of the best...OCTOBER 2, 2024
Smacks 39th home run Ramirez went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in Saturday's 4-3 loss against the Astros.
Impact Ramirez took Justin Verlander deep in the first inning, and he's now one homer away from a 40-40 season. If he plays in Sunday's season finale, Ramirez has a chance to become the first primary third baseman ever to post a 40-40 season. If he gets to 40 homers, combined with Shohei Ohtani's 50-50 season, it would be the first time ever multiple players get to 40-40 in the same season.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Smacks 39th home run Ramirez went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in Saturday's 4-3 loss against the Astros.
Impact Ramirez took Justin Verlander deep in the first inning, and he's now one homer away from a 40-40 season. If he plays in Sunday's season finale, Ramirez has a chance to become the first primary third baseman ever to post a 40-40 season.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Notches 41st steal Ramirez went 0-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Friday's 5-2 loss to the Astros.
Impact Ramirez was held hitless for just the fifth time in his 24 games in September. He's batting .295 (28-for-95) this month while adding seven steals on 10 attempts. Ramirez has a career-high 41 steals this season, but his pursuit of a 40-40 campaign is running out of time -- he's at 38 homers with two games left on the schedule. The third baseman has added a .277/.334/.530 slash line, 115 RBI, 113 runs scored, 38 doubles and two triples over 157 games, matching his career high in games played for the third time, having previously reached the mark in 2018 and 2022.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Plays hero in win Ramirez went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run, a double, a triple and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Reds.
Impact Ramirez fell just a single shy of the cycle and broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning with a three-run blast off Emilio Pagan. Over his past 10 games, the third baseman has gone deep three times while tallying six multi-hit efforts. On the year, he trails his single-season homer total of 39 by one while hitting .279 with 115 RBI and career highs in runs (113) and steals (40),
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Jose Ramirez, Steven Kwan power Guardians past Reds Jose Ramirez hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Cincinnati Reds 5-2 on We...
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 • THESTATE.COM
Guardians don't get perfecto, but they do get perfect swing from Jose Ramirez in 5-2 win over Reds The Guardians bullpen game produced 18 straight outs before the Reds made things very interesting on Wednesday night.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 • CLEVELAND.COM
Goes deep again Saturday Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and a double Saturday in a loss to the Cardinals.
Impact Ramirez helped Cleveland mount a late rally, belting a three-run shot to left field in the eighth inning to reduce a five-run deficit to just two runs. The star third baseman has homered in each of his past two games and has gone 5-for-8 with five RBI during the pair of contests. Ramirez's long ball Saturday was his 37th of the season, bring him to within two of the career-best mark of 39 that he established in 2018.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Carries Cleveland to win Friday Ramirez went 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 5-1 win over the Cardinals.
Impact The star third baseman took Kyle Gibson deep in the fifth inning for his 36th homer of the season, then swiped his 40th bag of the year in the seventh. Ramirez has never recorded a 40-40 season -- his career high in home runs is 39 set back in 2018, while he's already set a new career high in stolen bases in 2024 -- but with seven games left on the Guardians' schedule, he's still got a chance.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Guardians clinch AL playoff berth with walk-off, 3-2 win in extra innings over Twins
Cleveland Guardians clinch a playoff berth in dramatic, fitting fashion, beating the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on a walk-off on Thursday.SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Happy Birthday Jose Ramirez! You keep making baseball history! – Terry Pluto September 17 is Jose Ramirez's 32nd birthday.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 • CLEVELAND.COM
Reaches 35-homer mark Ramirez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Rays.
Impact Ramirez ended an 11-game homer drought with his eighth-inning solo shot, which got him to the 35-homer mark for the third time in his career. The third baseman has still gone 12 games without a multi-hit effort, but he's made the most of his trips on base with five stolen bases in that span. Ramirez has a .270/.329/.514 slash line with 107 RBI, 106 runs scored, 39 steals, 33 doubles and one triple across 146 contests this season.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Swipes bag in fourth straight Ramirez went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored in Cleveland's loss to the Rays on Thursday.
Impact Ramirez singled and stole second in his first trip to the plate, giving him his fourth-consecutive game with at least one steal. The third baseman would also come around to score in the frame, marking his third-straight contest with a run scored. Despite also having hit safely in each of his last five contests, Ramirez is still batting just .222 in September with one homer, two RBI, six runs and five stolen bases. Thursday's theft was his 39th of the campaign.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
Keeps running Wednesday Ramirez went 1-for-5 with a stolen base and a run scored in Wednesday's 6-4 win over the White Sox.
Impact Ramirez has swiped a bag in three straight contests, giving him 38 thefts on the year. He continues to extend his career high in that area, but his chances of a 40-40 season are dwindling since he's homered just once over 10 games in September. The third baseman is sporting a .270/.329/.512 slash line with 34 homers, 106 RBI and 103 runs scored over 143 contests this season.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 • ROTOWIRE
